Beyond its leading lady, “Anora” also feels like it’s destined to be the moment where its director Sean Baker goes from indie darling to award darling. Baker, who made his directorial debut ...

The first time Sean Baker saw Mikey Madison on screen, he couldn’t get enough. But in Tarantino’s reimagining of Hollywood history, Madison’s Sadie and her comrades (played by other rising ...

The first time Sean Baker saw Mikey Madison on screen, he couldn’t get enough. Years before the filmmaker and actress teamed up for their new movie Anora, Baker was struck by Madison’s breakthrough ...

The first time Sean Baker saw Mikey Madison on screen, he couldn’t get enough. Years before the filmmaker and actress teamed up for their new movie Anora, Baker was struck by Madison’s ...

As a writer-director-editor celebrated for low-budget indie films, Sean Baker now rates as the movies’ man of the hour with his extravagantly praised “Anora.” Baker’s comedy-drama about a ...

TORONTO - Sean Baker has learned the perks of Oscar buzz, but the filmmaker says that’s not what keeps him motivated. When his newest film “Anora” picked up the prestigious Palme d’Or at ...

Which makes his latest film, Anora, an outlier. For the first time, Baker gives his narrative a clear ruling-class villain — someone who the other characters can see, hear, and obey, or be ...

Sean Baker always wanted to make a movie set in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brighton Beach and Coney Island. He and a collaborator were drawn to stories of Russian Americans living there.

Sean Baker's highly anticipated Anora continues the director's exploration of a community that is too often trapped in a heightened '70s setting like Boogie Nights or a campy, deliberately ...

I talked with Sean after Anora’s debut at the New York Film Festival to discuss how he finds his stories, the power of women in his filmography, and how to make a medium-budget film look like a ...

‘Nights of Cabiria’Courtesy Everett Collection Sex workers have always been a strong component of Baker’s ouevre, from his 2012 San Fernando Valley drama “Starlet,” which follows an ...